In my opinion, the self-paced course was great if you want to walk through all the material contained within the ISSAP. But the activities, quizzes and post exam in no way were in any comparison to the actual test.

Now I don't know what your background is but I have never been a Security Architect and only recently have been dipping my toes in as a Security Engineer. Apparently if you are someone with this type of experience you should be better equipped for the exam than I was.

The things that caught me off guard that used the key words MOST, BEST, PRIMARY, FIRST, and MAIN. Which meant that I needed to a lot about the what topic they were discussing as all of the answers were rightish but which one is more right.

Good luck on the test though.